Vatican News
Pope Francis to leave hospital on Friday
Pope Francis will be discharged from the hospital on Friday morning, according to the Vatican. Read more
UN Security Council discusses Pope Francis and imam’s human fraternity proposal
The secretary-general told the council June 14 to look to the human fraternity declaration signed by the pope and grand... Read more
Rupnik dismissed from Jesuits
Jesuit priest Father Marko Rupnik has been expelled from the Jesuits due to a “stubborn refusal to observe the vow... Read more
Vatican: Gänswein to return to home diocese in July
Pope Francis has asked Archbishop Georg Gänswein to return to Germany “for the time being.” Read more
Pope Francis’ emphasis on synodality cited in joint Catholic-Orthodox statement
The first joint statement in seven years mentioned the pope’s hope for a synodal Church could eventually bring the Churches... Read more
Vatican: Pope Francis’ doctors plan to discharge him from hospital ‘in the next few days’
The 86-year-old pope is currently recovering in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital one week after he underwent a three-hour surgery for an... Read more
Satellite with Pope Francis’ words launches into space
The “Spei Satelles” mission launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on June... Read more
Vatican convicts climate activists, orders them to pay $30,000 in damages
The activists superglued their hands to the marble base holding Laocoön and His Sons, an ancient marble sculpture, on Aug.... Read more
Pope Francis laments the spiritual poverty in a culture that leads to teen suicides
While continuing his recovery in the hospital, Pope Francis called attention to cultural changes that lead people to stop caring... Read more
Pope Francis praying and working from hospital
The Vatican said Monday that Pope Francis is working from the hospital as he recovers from hernia surgery. Read more
Pope Francis sends condolences after death of Silvio Berlusconi
The Italian billionaire media baron died on June 12 at the age of 86. He was Italy’s longest-serving head of... Read more
PHOTOS: Eucharistic procession in the Vatican Gardens on Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi is a 700-year-old feast in the Catholic Church that commemorates the real presence of Jesus in the Blessed... Read more
Pope Francis: Treat others with dignity, not as objects
Pope Francis sent a message to the #NotAlone event, which centered on the signing of a document on human fraternity... Read more
Pope Francis will not pray public Angelus from hospital on Sunday
A Vatican spokesman said Pope Francis would pray the Angelus privately at noon in his hospital room. Read more
Pope Francis making normal progress in recovery from abdominal surgery
“The medical team reports that the clinical picture is steadily improving and the postoperative progress is normal.” Read more
Pope Francis stable, receives poster from family of baby he baptized in hospital in March
According a Vatican spokesman, medical staff caring for the pope shared that his “postoperative course is regular.” Read more
Pope Francis is recovering in same hospital room where John Paul II was treated
Pope Francis is recovering from abdominal surgery this week in the same hospital room where St. John Paul II was... Read more
Pope Francis in ‘good general condition’ one day after abdominal surgery
In a surgery lasting three hours on June 7, a team of surgeons operated on a hernia in the pope’s... Read more
Surgeon: Pope Francis ‘well, awake, alert’ after operation
Pope Francis is awake after reacting well to both the surgery and general anesthetic, an Italian surgeon said Wednesday afternoon. Read more
Vatican: Pope Francis out of surgery, recovering in hospital
The Vatican said Wednesday evening that Pope Francis is out of surgery and the abdominal operation he underwent “took place... Read more
